Merial announces that Jose Barella will succeed Jerry Belle as Executive Chmn, who has retired.

Merial announces that Jose Barella will succeed Jerry Belle as Executive Chmn, who has retired.

Barella has been serving Merial as COO since 2005. Before joining Merial, he was the Head of Aventis Environmental Science (AES), where he managed the integration of all Rhone-Poulenc and AgroEvo assets to form AES, part of Aventis CropScience. Before that, he was Commercial Mgr for Rhone-Poulenc Agriculture, Ltd., for the UK and Ireland, and Global Product Mgr for a variety of Rhone-Poulenc agricultural products.